RTÉ GAA Podcast: League lessons and provincial futures

Ciaran Whelan and Mick Foley of the Sunday Times join Mikey Stafford and Rory O'Neill to look back on the Allianz Football League finals and try and see what they mean a week out from Championship.

Mayo are champions, but Galway get a week in Portugal. Dublin are out of the second tier, but what did they learn? The lads try to avoid All-Ireland predictions, but Mick took it further than others.

Mayo have been the form team and deserved champions, but Galway have room for improvement and will rue some missed goal chances on Sunday.

Injuries will play their part in such a truncated season and Derry, Dublin and Galway will hope Conor Glass, Dean Rock and Johnny Heaney respectively can recover quickly.

Whelo wonders if the looming provincial championships will not be an unwelcome effort for some of the top teams, and will some counties be less disheartened by defeat than in previous years.

Dublin must get the ball to Con O'Callaghan quicker, but there are signs Dessie Farrell is building a team capable of another Sam Maguire, while Derry need to figure out how to play their game at Croke Park.

Cavan were impressive against Fermanagh and if Armagh beat Antrim, they will be sternly tested by Mickey Graham's men.

Sligo beat Wicklow in a cracking Division 4 final played in horrendous conditions, but Mick reckons we podcasters can overthink the Tailteann Cup-Sam Maguire conundrum - Tony McEntee and his players just want to win games.

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